Employee foils plans of would-be store robberBRANDON -- Two people who reported for work Thursday morning at a check-cashing store found someone waiting on them when they unlocked the door: a would-be robber who had cut through walls to get there.

Bitten teen in fair conditionTAMPA -- The 17-year-old Plant City girl attacked by her family's pack of pet Rottweilers was in fair condition Thursday at Tampa General Hospital.

Potential cadets can learn of life at West PointThe West Point Parents Club of the Gulf Coast of Florida has scheduled a holiday reception for prospective West Point cadets at 10 a.m. Dec. 30 at the Radisson Sabal Park, 10221 Princess Palm Ave., Tampa.

Crash hurts two A man was critically injured in a Thursday afternoon traffic crash on E Hillsborough Avenue and N 37th Street.